Quality

Quality from field to fork

We process around 90,000 tonnes of grain a year at Rettenmeier Mühle. Raw materials account for around 80% of the quality of the final product, so we apply a thorough quality-oriented purchasing management system while supporting our suppliers in quality assurance.

We use state-of-the-art technology, extensive experience, the utmost hygienic standards and constant quality assurance in our own labs to ensure that our products have the qualities required for further processing by bakers and food manufacturers.

We provided our customers with support in every aspect of quality assurance in processing – this is important to us as our success relies to a large part on the success of our customers. We think outside the box, acting in professional and industrial associations in the field for production standards that are far more stringent than the statutory requirements – standards such as the Verband Deutscher Mühlen (German milling association) hygiene policy that we have adopted at Rettenmeier Mühle.

Special quality assurance facilities

Fine raw materials quality testing and selection before storage

High number of cells for quality differentiation as a solid basis for consistent quality levels

Colour sorters for compliance with legal limits for ergot

Blending raw materials for consistent product quality

Continuous quality testing on intermediate products

Regular monitoring for any pests by subcontracting pest control specialists

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Quality assurance in purchasing

All of our raw materials are tested for stocking, sensory properties and baking characteristics according to the certifying body’s requirements and statutory regulations on trace contaminants such as heavy metals, pesticides, storage chemicals and microbial counts.